G03B 15/00
Special procedures for taking photographs
Official title: Special procedures for taking photographs; Apparatus therefor
G03B15/00 (Special procedures for taking photographs) appears on 5,776 US grants and 5,021 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
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- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 121 | 137 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G03B 15/02Illuminating scene4,082
- G03B 15/006Apparatus mounted on flying objects530
- G03B 15/08Trick photography218
- G03B 15/14Special procedures for taking photographs: for taking photographs during medical operations127
- G03B 15/003Apparatus for photographing crt-screens112
- G03B 15/16Special procedures for taking photographs: for photographing the track of moving objects51
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